It's All Journalism

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Latest Episodes

Database proves vital source of pandemic news for Indigenous people
May 31, 2022

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Indian Country Today built a database to help provide vital pandemic information to Indigenous communities across the countr

Do local newsrooms provide the best coverage of local schools?
May 25, 2022

Jesse Holcomb, an assistant professor in journalism and communication at Calvin University, discusses a recent study looking at how well local news outlets are covering education. He tells It's All Jo

Soledad O'Brien and the 'messy' journey to good journalism
May 24, 2022

Soledad O'Brien discusses her career journey from an internship at WBZ-TV in Boston to becoming a correspondent at CNN and documentarian at HBO to launching the Everyday Wealth podcast and starting he

Reporting for seven decades on the free speech frontier
May 19, 2022

Dan Rottenberg, author of The Education of a Journalist: My 70 Years on the Frontiers of Free Speech, tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell there’s always going to be a need for journalists

DMV Download podcast delivers daily doses of local news in DC
May 17, 2022

Former It's All Journalism producer Megan Cloherty and Luke Garrett produce DMV Download for WTOP, the 24-hour, all-news radio station in Washington, D.C. They discuss the challenges of launching a lo

It's All Journalism - Special Announcement
May 15, 2022

it's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell shares a special podcast announcement.

Working to make newsrooms anti-racist, equitable and just
May 12, 2022

Sisi Wei is co-executive director of OpenNews, which is helping to build more equitable future for journalism. In March, OpenNews marked the one year anniversary of the DEI Coalition for anti-racist,

Better News: 100 Days finds revenue streams beyond philanthropy
May 10, 2022

Since the 2016 election, 100 Days in Appalachia has been working with local voices to apply a cultural lens to national stories about the the Appalachian region. The 100 Days team's reporting, which c

Why diversity should be part of everything newsrooms do
May 05, 2022

Joanne Griffith is the chief content officer of the American Public Media Group's APM Studios. The talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her role overseeing APM Studios’ editorial

Resources for journalists covering trauma and health and science topics
April 28, 2022

Naseem Miller writes about health and medicine for The Journalist’s Resource at Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School. She's also the cofounder of the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook group